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"Words cannot fully capture the entirety of the Moores' mark on health and science," Suresh Gunasekaran, president and CEO of UCSF Health, says of philanthropists Betty and Gordon Moore, who have died at the age of 95.
"They will be cherished in our memories and honored through UCSF's efforts to advance health worldwide."
Born in 1928 in Los Gatos, Calif., Betty worked for the US Rubber Company in San Francisco until Gordon graduated from the California Institute of Technology, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
After working in advertising and public relations for Ford, the couple moved to Pasadena, where Gordon became a pioneering scientist and leader in the field of patient safety.
"They sought to make a lasting change and believed that scientific methodology should be the pillar of the foundation's efforts," says UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood in a statement.
"Betty found an opportunity, particularly after having poor hospital experience herself, with the goal of better patient outcomes, with the goal of improving all health care and identified ways to improve patient safety, on our campus, and beyond."
In 2014, UCSF named the women's hospital there the Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital in honor of Betty's advocacy for patient quality and safety.
In 2016, the couple was awarded the UCSF
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